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2022 Design Challenge Teams

The 55 Finalist Teams competing in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® 2022 Design Challenge represent 38 collegiate institutions. Teams compete in one of six divisions: New Housing, Retrofit Housing, Attached Housing, Multifamily Building, Office Building, or Education Building.

The 38 collegiate institutions are listed below.

  • Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
  • Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Howard University, Washington, D.C.
  • Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
  • Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
  • Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
  • Myongji University (명지대학교), Seoul, South Korea
  • Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
  • Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
  • Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
  • Shiraz University (انشگاه شیراز), Shiraz, Iran
  • Tehran University of Art (دانشگاه هنر تهران), Tehran, Iran
  • Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee
  • The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York City, New York
  • Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania
  • The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
  • The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
  • Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
  • University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  • University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
  • University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
  • University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
  • University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
  • University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
  • University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia
  • University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts

The Finalist Teams will present their projects to juries during the Solar Decathlon Competition Event, April 22‒24, 2022.